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The following verse by Zumbi is themed, and features the following wordplays and references to water:

My brother hit me on the game, said that we original man
And we manifested here to spit slang
I thought a minute, and let it sink, deep like the TitanicWe wider than the ocean of AtlanticPacific(ocean)al mythical styles in the west it’s gettin' wild
I’m chillin' like the Sphinx upon the NileReverberating, why is you hatin' hip hop we creatin?
Across the desert sands we be bakin', my melanin
The key to lock rock spots and flocks
Walk the rugged avenue with my B-Boy bop
It’s evolution toss a pebble at the devil and smile
I’m rebellion while propelling freestyles

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In a game of Chess, pawns are known for being the most useless pieces in the game, at least, that is unless one manages to get one to the other side of the board. When a pawn reaches the other side it gets the ability to become any other piece, except for a king. Making it probably the strongest piece in the whole game when placed on the right spot because it can become anything.

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The phat instrumental is coincidental because it goes with what Zumbi is doing; writing rhymes. “Dwellin' in my laboratory in my mental / Concoctin'…” makes an extended metaphor as the laboratory in his mental is where Zumbi is constructing rhymes, by concocting.

Another metaphor is used in “…set to rock spots high”, the altitude represents the level of rhymes Zumbi spits.

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In the album’s recording process of 5 years (1996-2000) this may allude that this track was recorded, or at least written in 1999. The lyrics Zumbi spits are so mesmerizing the perfect metaphor is the lift-off of spacecraft and the amazing things one would see in space.

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The concept of a b-boy, or the MC b-boy to be specific, is to completely rock the crowd with rapping. A lot of early records were based off this, some prime examples of MC’s are Busy Bee and the Sugar Hill Gang

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J.J. Evans, a character from the sitcom Good Times portrayed by Jimmie Walker, is sometimes nicknamed Kid Dynomite. “Dyno-MITE” was also his favourite expression in the series, and noticeably contributed to Good Times breaking out.

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The song title is sort of a play on words — while it might be implied ‘Dirty Girl’ is a reference to a promiscuous girl, it in fact is a reference to two literally dirty girls the artists meet. Both girls work blue collar jobs which cause them to accrue sweat and grime, which, ironically, the artists look past to see the beauty in each girl. I say ironically because most people don’t find mechanics and fry cooks sexy, but the artists do. Slug goes as far as to say he will dream about the way the mechanic he meets wipes an oil rag clean. Strange indeed.
While this song might be seen as a joke by many a listener (‘Call it bad taste, but this girl was the shit!’? really Murs?) it may be more serious than it seems at a first glance. The Felt albums focus on Murs and Slug’s love of many different women and the sex they have with those women. This may be a serious song about desiring even dirty (literally) women. Maybe this song is a delve into the psyche of the two artists, as they are obviously attracted to filthy women and may have had problems with their mothers.